Nation’s Top Relays of 2011 to Be Honored Tuesday at Accusplit Breakfast

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Accusplit, the leader in the professional stopwatch and timing industry since 1972, will recognize the nation’s best collegiate relay teams and their coaches for an historic 30th time on Tuesday morning. The Accusplit Breakfast to be held at the USTFCCCA Convention will honor those squads in NCAA Division I, and for the first time NCAA Divisions II and III, that had the top relay performances of the 2011 outdoor track & field season.

This year marks the first in which the ceremony will take place at the USTFCCCA Convention. Previously, the awards ceremony has taken place at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

“We are honored that Accusplit has partnered with our organization to present these outstanding achievements at our convention,” said USTFCCCA CEO Sam Seemes. “Accusplit’s Steve Simmons created this award 30 years ago, and we thank him and Accusplit President Ron Sutton for supporting this cause and track & field. We are great partners and I look forward to building our relationship for years to come.”

Accusplit Top Relay Teams
2011

ABOUT ACCUSPLIT

Accusplit has been the leader in the professional stopwatch and timing industry since 1972 with its invention of the first digital stopwatch. The company’s name is based on the stopwatch’s function of “accurately splitting” the time.

Widely recognized as the professional sports timing brand in the United States, Accusplit has worked with elite athletes, such as Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith and Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dan O’Brien and Ed Burke. The Northern California-based company was the Official Supplier to the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

Accusplit carried its reputation for quality, innovation and leadership to the health and wellness industry with a patented accuracy method for pedometers in 1987. It was also one of the first companies in America to introduce the 10,000 Steps-A-Day for wellness concept that originated in Japan in 1965.

With 33 years of professional sports measurement experience in elite level sports, including track and field, swimming, baseball and football, Accusplit Pedometers and Pedometer-based Activity Wellness Programs are the tools that everyone in America and every golfer can use to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

ABOUT THE USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is a non-profit professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of all levels. The organization represents over 8,000 coaching members encompassing 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and includes members representing the NAIA as well as a number of state high school coaches associations. The USTFCCCA serves as an advocate for cross country and track & field coaches, providing a leadership structure to assist the needs of a diverse membership, serving as a lobbyist for coaches’ interests, and working as a liaison between the various stakeholders in the sports of cross country and track & field.